Site of the Home of Col. Robert M.Coleman
Site of the Home of Col. Robert M.Coleman is a historic site in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 133 m. Flintridge Hill stands 311 m to the west-northwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is McDuff, a ghost town 0.2 miles away. Texas Independence Trail passes 9.6 miles off. 23 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Built
- 1936
- Material
- aluminium
What to expect
- Operated by
- Texas Historical Commission
How to reach it
- 9.6 mi off the Texas Independence Trail
- 9.6 mi off the Texas Brazos Trail
- 20.2 mi off the Texas Hill Country Trail
Named places within 25 miles
- Webberville Park: 2.0 mi
- Little Webberville Park: 3.1 mi
- East Metropolitan Park: 5.5 mi
- Charlie Dobbins Park: 6.4 mi
- Elm Creek Park: 7.5 mi
- Ms. Pearl the Giant Squirrel Statue: 4.8 mi
- Fork in the Road: 9.3 mi
- The Giant Rooster: 12.5 mi
- Reach for Your Dreams: 14.1 mi
- Arachnophilia: 14.6 mi
- Joseph J. Manor Cemetery: 1.5 mi
- Union Lee Baptist Church: 2.3 mi
- Webberville Ebenezer Baptist Church: 2.9 mi
- Webberville: 2.9 mi
- Union Hill Missionary Baptist Church: 3.6 mi
- Bastrop Community Garden: 11.7 mi
- E.R. Fincher III Garden: 14.2 mi
- Windsor Park Community Garden: 14.7 mi
- Monoculture: 14.9 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 14.9 mi
- Elgin Depot Museum: 10.2 mi
- Museum of the Bastrop County Historical Society: 11.8 mi
- The Thinkery: 15.1 mi
- George Washington Carver Museum: 15.7 mi
- Texas State Cemetery Visitor Center: 15.8 mi
- Onion Creek Wildlife Sanctuary: 9.1 mi
- Decker Tallgrass Prairie Preserve: 9.5 mi
- Indiangrass Wildlife Sanctuary: 9.9 mi
- Hornsby Bend Ecological Research Area: 11.0 mi
- Red Bluff Nature Preserve: 13.0 mi
- Caldwell Knob: 5.0 mi
- Bald Knob: 10.7 mi
- Hergotz Hill: 11.3 mi
- Lotman Hill: 13.5 mi
- Pilot Knob: 15.2 mi
- CCC Water Fountain: 14.0 mi
- French Legation State Historic Site: 16.2 mi
- Santa Rita No. 1 Oil Well: 16.5 mi
- Statesman Bat Observation Center: 16.9 mi
- South Congress Bat Colony: 16.9 mi
- McDuff: 0.2 mi
- Dunstan: 9.4 mi
- Phelan: 9.5 mi
- New Sweden: 13.0 mi
- Yewpon: 15.9 mi
- Lower McKinney Falls: 15.5 mi
- Upper McKinney Falls: 15.8 mi
- Twin Falls: 20.8 mi
- Hidden Falls: 21.3 mi
- Lower Bull Creek Falls: 21.4 mi
- Seiders Spring: 17.7 mi
- Shady Spring: 17.9 mi
- Eliza Spring: 18.4 mi
- Deep Eddy Pool: 18.7 mi
- Bird Bluff: 13.9 mi
- Red Bluffs: 15.3 mi
- Seismic Wall: 20.0 mi
- Stone picnic table: 15.3 mi
- Covered Picnic Tables: 19.9 mi
- The Learning Tree: 23.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Site of the Home of Col. Robert M.Coleman. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Flintridge Hill | WNW 283° | 311 m | 22.5 mi |
| Shepherd Mountain | WNW 295° | 286 m | 22.1 mi |
| Martin Hill | NW 319° | 284 m | 21.5 mi |
| Cat Mountain | WNW 295° | 283 m | 20.7 mi |
| Mount Larson | WNW 287° | 277 m | 20.4 mi |
| Davis Hill | W 265° | 266 m | 22.4 mi |
| Mount Lucas | WNW 292° | 265 m | 19.7 mi |
| Mount Barker | WNW 291° | 257 m | 19.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:35 | 19:10 | 19:42 |
| June solstice | 06:30 | 20:00 | 20:35 |
| September equinox | 07:19 | 18:56 | 19:28 |
| December solstice | 07:23 | 16:58 | 17:35 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Sep–May.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 50 | 54 | 60 | 68 | 75 | 82 | 84 | 85 | 79 | 70 | 59 | 52 |
| Precip in | 3.0 | 2.1 | 3.2 | 2.7 | 4.9 | 3.0 | 2.0 | 2.3 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 3.1 | 3.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Elgin 1 N, 11 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element node/12395093413
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